ERF 222, Aparima River (D44/f9041) (Triassic of New Zealand)

Also known as S159/f1041

Where: New Zealand (45.8° S, 168.0° E: paleocoordinates 71.2° S, 148.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Kaihikuan

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by E.R. Force

Primary reference: E. R. Force and J. D. Campbell. 1974. Some faunas and formations of Kaihikuan Age (Middle Triassic) in the Murihiku Supergroup. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 17:389-402 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134797: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.10.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Gastropoda
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
"Patella" sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomariidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
 Vetigastropoda - Cirridae
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
? Balantioselena sp. Speden 1962 clam
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
? Daonella sp. Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina ? fragilis" = Punctospirella fragilis
"Spiriferina ? fragilis" = Punctospirella fragilis Schlotheim 1814
 Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
"Spiriferina kaihikuana" = Alipunctifera kaihikuana
"Spiriferina kaihikuana" = Alipunctifera kaihikuana Trechmann 1917
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Mentzeliopsis sp. Trechmann 1917
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Dielasma" zealandica" = Fletcherina zealandica
""Dielasma" zealandica" = Fletcherina zealandica Trechmann 1917
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella zealandica" = Sakawairhynchia zealandica
"Rhynchonella zealandica" = Sakawairhynchia zealandica Trechmann 1917